English
hyperactivate
From hyper- + activate.
A compound of hyper- + active + -ate + activate
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
Latin āctīvus ‘active’
Old French actif ‘active’
Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’
English active
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
Latin agō ‘to act, to behave’
Latin āctīvus ‘active’
Old French actif ‘active’
Middle English actyf ‘active, reactive’
English active
English activate
Today it means
verb To cause or undergo hyperactivation
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
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